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John Smith

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First posting critics gets called out for being first-posters by those being criticised First posting praisers get thanked by those being praised Just clearing things up

From: John Smith 27 May 2020 14:06 PM

OTM is the only option to break RM and Zoopla Agent owned is the only way forward if EAs want to save on portal costs Anything else will only be alternatives of RM, nothing else The free market will force creations of other RMs if EAs don’t own their own portal

From: John Smith 26 May 2020 21:01 PM

@Robert May What you’re saying makes sense (sort of) but it’s not the future. In fact what you’re proposing is a precursor to centralised property portals - it will just lead to that The public mostly just want a place to find property listed for sale, anything extra are trimmings Homesearch is trying to become a property portal I’m actually a fan of their current offering of being a shared services centre to handle back office legwork for EAs But not a fan of them becoming a portal and claiming they aren’t

From: John Smith 26 May 2020 20:57 PM

@Property Pundit Picking on me because it’s my first post only exposes your nervousness at my post You could’ve used your PR skills to at least try spin my criticism into something positive But just attacking me because it’s my first post in order to defend your company/client/friend/investment (whatever your relation is) doesn’t go down too well Very Trumpian and not very professional

From: John Smith 26 May 2020 20:52 PM

Is this your first post Jonathan?

From: John Smith 26 May 2020 20:48 PM

Hi Giles, Appreciate the offer and thanks for pointing out this is my first post. It is odd, however, that you never point out the first-posters when they’re praising you - not implying anything untoward here... It would be nice of you to address my points above in this forum please Thanks

From: John Smith 26 May 2020 20:47 PM

Hi Giles, Sorry, but none of what you’re saying makes sense: 1. You don’t want to be a portal, yet you will be listing all the properties from all your agents - so you will be a portal It doesn’t matter what you want it or don’t want it to be, the public will think you’re a portal if you want them coming to your website to find property... 2. If you don’t want to be a portal and are not planning on challenging the big 3, then you will be an additional £395 a month cost to estate agents - not replacing the existing money spent on portals like RM and ZP and OTM 3. The services you offer for the Pro and Network package - the Network package has no benefits listed btw - are nothing new or innovative, existing competitors are plenty You're basically offering estate agents a shared service centre offering where you do back-office leg work for lots of agents instead of them doing it themselves 4. You’re not a charity nor a social enterprise, you’re a proper business whose aim is profit and yet you speak as though you will be somehow charitable with fees and not be extortionate in the future. But, you have to grow and this means growing revenue and profit and most of revenue growth has to come from estate agents spending more with you Or if you could not grow if you business remains in the founder’s hands, but then what’s the exit? Alternatively, if you get any sort of funding, hungry shareholders will demand growth and you will have to obey Lastly, either declare yourself a challenger portal with added benefits to give EAs a proper incentive to fund a new potential monster or be clearer about your offering If you’re not a new portal then EAs should steer well clear less they add £400 a month of indispensable costs to their books in a couple of years

From: John Smith 22 May 2020 11:33 AM

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